South Africans have seen a resurgence of random acts of kindness more than thirty years after Anne Herbert wrote “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty” on a place…
Encourage good, forbid evil, protect the poor and defenceless, and strive for justice. These four pillars provide the structure on which attorney Zaakir Mayet lives his life, determined to speak…
The University of Johannesburg has raised R31 million to help fund students considered too rich to qualify for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and too poor to afford…
At 90 years old, a woman from Michigan named Norma is living life to the fullest on a road trip across the United States. Just two days after Norma’s husband…
#RAK16 is spreading across the globe & we’ve been Paying it Forward by bringing you all the news about random acts of kindness. The last thing some people were expecting…
If the name Chris Crocker doesn’t ring a bell, that’s because you’ve probably heard of his nickname instead: the “Leave Britney Spears Alone” guy. Yup – we’re talking about the…
Lady Gaga performed an emotional rendition of “Til It Happens to You” alongside survivors of sexual assault at Sunday’s Oscars, bringing the crowd to its feet for a standing ovation….
Host tackles lack of diversity in the nominations head-on in a pointed and rousing opening monologue that mocks both industry prejudice and ceremony boycotters such as Jada Pinkett Smith Oscars…
After her own difficult experience battling extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and hearing the stories of what other TB patients and survivors had been through, medical doctor Thato Mosidi (29) realised…
Over 805 000 e-mails have been sent to the Democratic Alliance’s newly launched online platform lobbying the African National Congress National Assembly caucus to support next week’s motion of no…
Where mind meets heart
“It’s humbling to start fresh. It takes a lot of courage. But it can be reinvigorating. You just have to put your ego on a shelf and tell it to be quiet.” — Jennifer Ritchie Payette
